Senator Stedman and the Alaska Seaplanes Team gather for the inaugural flight on May 26, 2022. (Photo Credit - Deni Hoy, Courtesy of Alaska Seaplanes)
Senator Stedman and Mike Steadman, co-owner of Alaska Seaplanes, simultaneously cutting the ribbon during a ceremony celebrating Alaska Seaplanes beginning service to Wrangell on May 26, 2022. (Photo Credit - Deni Hoy, Courtesy of Alaska Seaplanes)
Celebrating Seaplanes' inaugural flight from Sitka to Wrangell on May 26, 2022. (Photo Credit - Deni Hoy, Courtesy of Alaska Seaplanes)
Members of the conference committee, tasked with negotiating the differences between the Senate’s versions of the state, operating, and mental health budgets and those budgets passed by the House back in April, reached a tentative agreement on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The negotiated budget deal was still subject to a vote by the House and Senate before it would be sent to the Governor. (From Left) Representing the House were Representative Dan Ortiz (I-Ketchikan), Representative Bart LeBon (R-Fairbanks), as well as finance co-chair Representative Kelly Merrick (R- Eagle River). The Senate was represented by finance co-chairs Senator Bert Stedman (R-Sitka) and Senator Click Bishop (R-Fairbanks), as well as Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage).
Members of the conference committee and their staff after reaching a tentative agreement on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (From Left, Front Row) Joseph Byrnes (Chief of Staff for Rep. LeBon), Liz Harpold (Staff for Rep. Ortiz), House Finance Co-Chair Representative Kelly Merrick (R-Eagle River), Senate Finance Co-Chair Senator Bert Stedman (R-Sitka), Sonja Kawasaki (Chief of Staff for Sen. Wielechowski). (From Left, Back Row) Tally Teal (Chief of Staff for Rep. Merrick), Brodie Anderson (Staff for Rep. Foster), Representative Dan Ortiz (I-Ketchikan), Representative Bart LeBon (R-Fairbanks), Pete Ecklund (Staff for Sen. Stedman), Senate Finance Co-Chair Senator Click Bishop (R-Fairbanks), Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage), Cody Grussendorf (Staff for Sen. Bishop).
Senator Stedman meets with exchange students from Juneau and Sitka who visited the Capitol in March 2022Front Row (from left): Mohammed Alnayhoum, Libya (Sitka High School); Sharon Shaban, Kenya (SHS); Abira Raza, Pakistan (Thunder Mountain High School).Back Row: Ahmed Mezel, Bahrain (Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé); Senator Bert Stedman, Arman Mkrtchyan, Armenia (SHS).
School administrators and a board member representing Petersburg, Wrangell, and Southeast Island School Districts meet with Senator Stedman in March 2022, as a part of the annual visit of the Alaska Council of School Administrators (ACSA) to the Capitol. During the meeting they discussed school funding and other important issues related to Alaska’s schools. (From left) Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter (Petersburg School District); Superintendent Bill Burr (Wrangell Public Schools); HS & MS Principal Rick Dormer (Petersburg School District); Senator Bert Stedman; School Board Member Rebecca Saffold (Southeast Island School District).
Representatives from the Rasmuson Foundation meet with Senator Stedman on March 31, 2022, to discuss broadband, housing, and other foundation priorities. (Left to Right) Sen. Bert Stedman, Diane Kaplan (President & CEO), Kristina Woolston (Broadband Consultant), Adam Gibbons (Chair of Rasmuson Foundation Board). (Photo Credit - Sydney Copley/Rasmuson Foundation)
Senator Bert Stedman, Congressman Don Young, and Senator Click Bishop discussed the energy needs of Alaskans at the annual meeting of The Energy Council in Washington, D.C, March 2022,
Senator Bert Stedman and Senator Click Bishop outside the American Gas Association in Washington, D.C., during the annual board meeting of The Energy Council in March 2022.
From left to right: Senator Bert Stedman, Caroline Stewart & Paul Larkin , both HCA Board members, Peter Caffall-Davis & his wife Libby Caffall-Davis, both amateur Hyder historians, Governor Mike Dunleavy, Carl Bradford, resident, Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska Chief Medical Officer, and Diana Simpson, another HCA Board member in Hyder on April 22, 2021.
SJR 9 bill signing at the Wings Hangar in Juneau on April 9, 2021.
SJR 9 bill signing at the Wings Hangar in Juneau on April 9, 2021.
SJR 9 bill signing at the Wings Hangar in Juneau on April 9, 2021.
Trinity Davis, Chrissy Morris, Carl Ramseth and Mike Stedman at the Alaska Seaplanes counter on April 5, 2021. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK)
Alaska Seaplanes celebrated its inaugural flight from Juneau to Petersburg with a cake from Hammer and Wikan on April 5, 2021. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK)
First day of legislative session in January 2021. David Scott, Mollie Barnes, Kevin Meyer, Pete Ecklund, Melissa Kookesh, Bert Stedman.
Senator Stedman addresses Alaska Forest Association
Senate President Giessel and Senator Stedman met with Consul Masatoshi Sato and his wife Kazue Sato.
Senators Giessel, Stedman, von Imhof, and Begich discuss legislative priorities at the Southeast Conference Mid-Session Summit in February 2020.
Water Street Trestle March of 2018
Water Street Trestle August of 2017
Water Street Trestle October of 2016
Team Stedman in March 2109. David Scott (clockwise), Randy Ruaro, Pete Ecklund, Melissa Kookesh, Senator Bert Stedman, and Kelly O'Sullivan,
2019 Leadership with Senator Murkowski
Senator Stedman, First Lady Donna Walker, and Governor Bill Walker at the M/V Tazlina christening in August 2018. Photo Credits - Office of Governor Walker
M/V Tazlina christening on August 11, 2018 in Ketchikan, Alaska. Photo Credits - Office of Governor Walker
Senator Stedman speaking at the M/V Tazlina christening in August 2018. Photo Credits - Office of Governor Walker
Students from Holy Name Catholic School, in Ketchikan, meet with Senator Stedman in March 2018.
Alaska Chamber of Commerce 2018 Fly-in: (L to R) Eric Eriksen, T&D Engineer and VP, Alaska Energy and Resources Company (AEL&P), Marcos Scheer, Board Member, Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce, Cory Baggen,Vice President, Samson Tug & Barge, Senator Bert Stedman, and Dan Clark, VP, Strategy & Commercial, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
Senator Stedman met students from the Kake City School District: Kaylee James, Kenneth Bean, Ryan Billie, Charles Duncan, and Brendan Fausett. (February 2018)
Legislative Aide Melissa Kookesh holding SB 28 and the pen the Governor used to sign it with. (November 2017)
Governor Walker and Legislative Aide Melissa Kookesh speaking about SB 28 prior to the bill signing. This bill increases the Petersburg Borough's land entitlement to 14,666 acres. (November 2017)
Senator Stedman at the Grand Opening of the Aspen Hotel in Sitka during the annual State Chamber in 2017.
Senator Stedman addressing questions at the annual Southeast Conference event in Haines. (September 2017)
Governor Bill Walker holding a signed Senate Bill 33 which names the two ferries currently under construction at the Ketchikan shipyard. The new vessels will be named Tazlina and Hubbard. (August 2017) Photo Credit - Office of the Governor
Governor Bill Walker and Senator Stedman on the deck of the nearly completed Tazlina during the signing of Senate Bill 33. (August 2017) Photo Credit - Office of the Governor
Photo Credits Office of the Governor
Governor Bill Walker holding up a signed Senate Bill 88, the Alaska Mental Health Trust land exchange. (August 2017) Photo Credit - Office of the Governor
Senator Bert Stedman thanking Governor Bill Walker at the signing of Senate Bill 88 which was sponsored by Senator Stedman. (August 2017) Photo Credit - Office of the Governor.
Senator Bert Stedman with First Lady Donna Walker and Alaska Governor Bill Walker at a salmon-themed celebration organized by local fisherman and other organizations in Sitka, Alaska. (August 2017) Photo Credit - Office of the Governor
Senator Stedman giving a Legislative Update to the Sitka Chamber of Commerce luncheon. (July 2017)
Senator Stedman pictured with Wilbur Brown, President of Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) Camp 1, and Pat Alexander, Council Member of Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) Camp 4 in April 2017.
Senator Stedman and staff with Governor Frank Murkowski in April 2017.
Senator Stedman addressing the attendees at the Southeast Conference Fly-In.
Alaska State Senate first day of 30th Legislature on January 17, 2017. Senators taking oath of office. Senate family photos and staff.
Alaska State Senate first day of 30th Legislature on January 17, 2017. Senators taking oath of office. Senate family photos and staff.
New construction at the Swan Lake Dam in August 2016.
Senator Stedman pictured with Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) Camp 1 President Wilbur Brown and Sitka Tribe of Alaska (STA) Tribal Chairman Michael Baines in August 2016.
View of the Duck Point Smokehouse from the new cruise ship dock located in Hoonah, Alaska at Icy Strait Point in May 2016.
Grand opening of the new cruise ship dock located in Hoonah, Alaska at Icy Strait Point in May 2016.
The construction of a new ferry terminal building for the community of Kake, Alaska is underway. (May 2016)
Another view of the ferry terminal building being built in Kake, Alaska. (May 2016)
Senator Stedman pictured with students from the Wrangell School District: Maleah Menzel, Aleisha Mollen, & Davis Dow. (May 2016)
Senator Stedman pictured here with Rick and cousin Jill Williams who were visiting from Petersburg. (May 2016)
Senator Stedman pictured here with Alaska Native Artist Sarah Williams and a Mt. Edgecumbe Hight School (MEHS) student at the groundbreaking ceremony for the MEHS Aquatic Center in May 2016.
Senator Stedman, Sitka Mayor Mim McConnell, Interim Education Commissioner Dr. Susan McCauley, Mt. Edgecumbe High School Student Body President Elizabeth Castillo, SEARHC Physical Therapy Dept. Dr. Gio Villanueva, Alaska State School Board of Education and Early Development Member Rebecca Himshoo at the groundbreaking ceremony for the MEHS Aquatic Center in May 2016.
Senator Stedman pictured here with Sitka Mayor Mim McConnell, Interim Education Commissioner Dr. Susan McCauley, Mt. Edgecumbe High School Student Body President Elizabeth Castillo, SEARHC Physical Therapy Dept. Dr. Gio Villanueva, Alaska State School Board of Education and Early Development Member Rebecca Himshoo at the groundbreaking ceremony for the MEHS Aquatic Facility. (May 2016)
Senator Stedman being presented with a handmade drum by a Mt. Edgecumbe High School student in May 2016.
Senator Stedman pictured with Superintendent Bill Hutton of Mt. Edgecumbe High School in May 2016.
Senator Stedman and the Alaska Seaplanes Team gather for the inaugural flight on May 26, 2022. (Photo Credit - Deni Hoy, Courtesy of Alaska Seaplanes)
Senator Stedman and Mike Steadman, co-owner of Alaska Seaplanes, simultaneously cutting the ribbon during a ceremony celebrating Alaska Seaplanes beginning service to Wrangell on May 26, 2022. (Photo Credit - Deni Hoy, Courtesy of Alaska Seaplanes)
Celebrating Seaplanes' inaugural flight from Sitka to Wrangell on May 26, 2022. (Photo Credit - Deni Hoy, Courtesy of Alaska Seaplanes)
Members of the conference committee, tasked with negotiating the differences between the Senate’s versions of the state, operating, and mental health budgets and those budgets passed by the House back in April, reached a tentative agreement on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The negotiated budget deal was still subject to a vote by the House and Senate before it would be sent to the Governor. (From Left) Representing the House were Representative Dan Ortiz (I-Ketchikan), Representative Bart LeBon (R-Fairbanks), as well as finance co-chair Representative Kelly Merrick (R- Eagle River). The Senate was represented by finance co-chairs Senator Bert Stedman (R-Sitka) and Senator Click Bishop (R-Fairbanks), as well as Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage).
Members of the conference committee and their staff after reaching a tentative agreement on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (From Left, Front Row) Joseph Byrnes (Chief of Staff for Rep. LeBon), Liz Harpold (Staff for Rep. Ortiz), House Finance Co-Chair Representative Kelly Merrick (R-Eagle River), Senate Finance Co-Chair Senator Bert Stedman (R-Sitka), Sonja Kawasaki (Chief of Staff for Sen. Wielechowski). (From Left, Back Row) Tally Teal (Chief of Staff for Rep. Merrick), Brodie Anderson (Staff for Rep. Foster), Representative Dan Ortiz (I-Ketchikan), Representative Bart LeBon (R-Fairbanks), Pete Ecklund (Staff for Sen. Stedman), Senate Finance Co-Chair Senator Click Bishop (R-Fairbanks), Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage), Cody Grussendorf (Staff for Sen. Bishop).
Senator Stedman meets with exchange students from Juneau and Sitka who visited the Capitol in March 2022Front Row (from left): Mohammed Alnayhoum, Libya (Sitka High School); Sharon Shaban, Kenya (SHS); Abira Raza, Pakistan (Thunder Mountain High School).Back Row: Ahmed Mezel, Bahrain (Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé); Senator Bert Stedman, Arman Mkrtchyan, Armenia (SHS).
School administrators and a board member representing Petersburg, Wrangell, and Southeast Island School Districts meet with Senator Stedman in March 2022, as a part of the annual visit of the Alaska Council of School Administrators (ACSA) to the Capitol. During the meeting they discussed school funding and other important issues related to Alaska’s schools. (From left) Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter (Petersburg School District); Superintendent Bill Burr (Wrangell Public Schools); HS & MS Principal Rick Dormer (Petersburg School District); Senator Bert Stedman; School Board Member Rebecca Saffold (Southeast Island School District).
Representatives from the Rasmuson Foundation meet with Senator Stedman on March 31, 2022, to discuss broadband, housing, and other foundation priorities. (Left to Right) Sen. Bert Stedman, Diane Kaplan (President & CEO), Kristina Woolston (Broadband Consultant), Adam Gibbons (Chair of Rasmuson Foundation Board). (Photo Credit - Sydney Copley/Rasmuson Foundation)
Senator Bert Stedman, Congressman Don Young, and Senator Click Bishop discussed the energy needs of Alaskans at the annual meeting of The Energy Council in Washington, D.C, March 2022,
Senator Bert Stedman and Senator Click Bishop outside the American Gas Association in Washington, D.C., during the annual board meeting of The Energy Council in March 2022.
From left to right: Senator Bert Stedman, Caroline Stewart & Paul Larkin , both HCA Board members, Peter Caffall-Davis & his wife Libby Caffall-Davis, both amateur Hyder historians, Governor Mike Dunleavy, Carl Bradford, resident, Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska Chief Medical Officer, and Diana Simpson, another HCA Board member in Hyder on April 22, 2021.
SJR 9 bill signing at the Wings Hangar in Juneau on April 9, 2021.
SJR 9 bill signing at the Wings Hangar in Juneau on April 9, 2021.
SJR 9 bill signing at the Wings Hangar in Juneau on April 9, 2021.
Trinity Davis, Chrissy Morris, Carl Ramseth and Mike Stedman at the Alaska Seaplanes counter on April 5, 2021. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK)
Alaska Seaplanes celebrated its inaugural flight from Juneau to Petersburg with a cake from Hammer and Wikan on April 5, 2021. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK)
First day of legislative session in January 2021. David Scott, Mollie Barnes, Kevin Meyer, Pete Ecklund, Melissa Kookesh, Bert Stedman.
Senator Stedman addresses Alaska Forest Association
Senate President Giessel and Senator Stedman met with Consul Masatoshi Sato and his wife Kazue Sato.
Senators Giessel, Stedman, von Imhof, and Begich discuss legislative priorities at the Southeast Conference Mid-Session Summit in February 2020.
Water Street Trestle March of 2018
Water Street Trestle August of 2017
Water Street Trestle October of 2016
Team Stedman in March 2109. David Scott (clockwise), Randy Ruaro, Pete Ecklund, Melissa Kookesh, Senator Bert Stedman, and Kelly O'Sullivan,
2019 Leadership with Senator Murkowski
Senator Stedman, First Lady Donna Walker, and Governor Bill Walker at the M/V Tazlina christening in August 2018. Photo Credits - Office of Governor Walker
M/V Tazlina christening on August 11, 2018 in Ketchikan, Alaska. Photo Credits - Office of Governor Walker
Senator Stedman speaking at the M/V Tazlina christening in August 2018. Photo Credits - Office of Governor Walker
Students from Holy Name Catholic School, in Ketchikan, meet with Senator Stedman in March 2018.
Alaska Chamber of Commerce 2018 Fly-in: (L to R) Eric Eriksen, T&D Engineer and VP, Alaska Energy and Resources Company (AEL&P), Marcos Scheer, Board Member, Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce, Cory Baggen,Vice President, Samson Tug & Barge, Senator Bert Stedman, and Dan Clark, VP, Strategy & Commercial, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
Senator Stedman met students from the Kake City School District: Kaylee James, Kenneth Bean, Ryan Billie, Charles Duncan, and Brendan Fausett. (February 2018)
Legislative Aide Melissa Kookesh holding SB 28 and the pen the Governor used to sign it with. (November 2017)
Governor Walker and Legislative Aide Melissa Kookesh speaking about SB 28 prior to the bill signing. This bill increases the Petersburg Borough's land entitlement to 14,666 acres. (November 2017)
Senator Stedman at the Grand Opening of the Aspen Hotel in Sitka during the annual State Chamber in 2017.
Senator Stedman addressing questions at the annual Southeast Conference event in Haines. (September 2017)
Governor Bill Walker holding a signed Senate Bill 33 which names the two ferries currently under construction at the Ketchikan shipyard. The new vessels will be named Tazlina and Hubbard. (August 2017) Photo Credit - Office of the Governor
Governor Bill Walker and Senator Stedman on the deck of the nearly completed Tazlina during the signing of Senate Bill 33. (August 2017) Photo Credit - Office of the Governor
Photo Credits Office of the Governor
Governor Bill Walker holding up a signed Senate Bill 88, the Alaska Mental Health Trust land exchange. (August 2017) Photo Credit - Office of the Governor
Senator Bert Stedman thanking Governor Bill Walker at the signing of Senate Bill 88 which was sponsored by Senator Stedman. (August 2017) Photo Credit - Office of the Governor.
Senator Bert Stedman with First Lady Donna Walker and Alaska Governor Bill Walker at a salmon-themed celebration organized by local fisherman and other organizations in Sitka, Alaska. (August 2017) Photo Credit - Office of the Governor
Senator Stedman giving a Legislative Update to the Sitka Chamber of Commerce luncheon. (July 2017)
Senator Stedman pictured with Wilbur Brown, President of Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) Camp 1, and Pat Alexander, Council Member of Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) Camp 4 in April 2017.
Senator Stedman and staff with Governor Frank Murkowski in April 2017.
Senator Stedman addressing the attendees at the Southeast Conference Fly-In.
Alaska State Senate first day of 30th Legislature on January 17, 2017. Senators taking oath of office. Senate family photos and staff.
Alaska State Senate first day of 30th Legislature on January 17, 2017. Senators taking oath of office. Senate family photos and staff.
New construction at the Swan Lake Dam in August 2016.
Senator Stedman pictured with Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) Camp 1 President Wilbur Brown and Sitka Tribe of Alaska (STA) Tribal Chairman Michael Baines in August 2016.
View of the Duck Point Smokehouse from the new cruise ship dock located in Hoonah, Alaska at Icy Strait Point in May 2016.
Grand opening of the new cruise ship dock located in Hoonah, Alaska at Icy Strait Point in May 2016.
The construction of a new ferry terminal building for the community of Kake, Alaska is underway. (May 2016)
Another view of the ferry terminal building being built in Kake, Alaska. (May 2016)
Senator Stedman pictured with students from the Wrangell School District: Maleah Menzel, Aleisha Mollen, & Davis Dow. (May 2016)
Senator Stedman pictured here with Rick and cousin Jill Williams who were visiting from Petersburg. (May 2016)
Senator Stedman pictured here with Alaska Native Artist Sarah Williams and a Mt. Edgecumbe Hight School (MEHS) student at the groundbreaking ceremony for the MEHS Aquatic Center in May 2016.
Senator Stedman, Sitka Mayor Mim McConnell, Interim Education Commissioner Dr. Susan McCauley, Mt. Edgecumbe High School Student Body President Elizabeth Castillo, SEARHC Physical Therapy Dept. Dr. Gio Villanueva, Alaska State School Board of Education and Early Development Member Rebecca Himshoo at the groundbreaking ceremony for the MEHS Aquatic Center in May 2016.
Senator Stedman pictured here with Sitka Mayor Mim McConnell, Interim Education Commissioner Dr. Susan McCauley, Mt. Edgecumbe High School Student Body President Elizabeth Castillo, SEARHC Physical Therapy Dept. Dr. Gio Villanueva, Alaska State School Board of Education and Early Development Member Rebecca Himshoo at the groundbreaking ceremony for the MEHS Aquatic Facility. (May 2016)
Senator Stedman being presented with a handmade drum by a Mt. Edgecumbe High School student in May 2016.
Senator Stedman pictured with Superintendent Bill Hutton of Mt. Edgecumbe High School in May 2016.